Who's Who - Royalty
This sub-section of the Who's Who category of the site contains folio biographies of monarchs and their heirs who presided over nations at war from 1914-18.
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Many were deprived of their crowns by the time war closed, as defeat and revolution gripped their countries.
Few emerged with their position even more secure, as did Britain's King George V.
More typical were abdications such as those by the German Kaiser and the Russian Tsar.
Biographies | Description |
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King Albert I | Belgium |
King Alexander I | Serbia/Yugoslavia |
Tsarina Alexandra | Russia |
King Carol I | Romania |
King Constantine I | Greece |
Franz Ferdinand | Austria-Hungary |
King Ferdinand I | Romania |
Tsar Ferdinand I | Bulgaria |
Emperor Franz Josef I | Austria-Hungary |
King George V | United Kingdom |
Emperor Karl I/Charles IV | Austria-Hungary |
Sultan Mehmed V | Turkey |
Sultan Mehmed VI | Turkey |
Grand Duke Mikhail | Monarch |
Tsar Nicholas II | Russia |
King Peter I | Serbia/Yugoslavia |
King Vittorio Emanuele III | Italy |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | Germany |
Crown Prince Wilhelm | Germany |
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Observation balloons were referred to as 'sausages'.
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